Texas Beyond History

Caddo Ancestors

Credits & Sources

The Caddo Ancestors exhibit sections were written
by Steve Black, Tim Perttula, and Dee Ann Story. Black and Story
wrote the earlier sections (prior to the Middle Caddo period). Perttula
and Black wrote the later sections. Black is the editor of Texas
Beyond History and is responsible for all mangled facts and
unconstrained interpretations in this exhibit.

Dr. Timothy K. Perttula is the author of "The
Caddo Nation," a 1992 book published by the University
of Texas Press, as well as dozens of articles and reports dealing
with Caddo topics. Tim earned his Ph.D. in anthropology from the
University of Washington and has been actively involved in Caddo
archeology for three decades. Today he runs an Austin-based private
consulting company that specializes in Caddo archeology as well
as serving as the consulting archeologist for the Caddo Nation.
Perttula's productivity and dedication to Caddo archeology is unmatched
by any active researcher.

Dr. Dee Ann Story, Professor Emeritus from
the University of Texas at Austin, began working at the George C.
Davis site in 1968, taking up where the WPA had left off three decades
earlier. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Story
undertook major excavations at Mounds C and B. Later she directed
university field schools at the Davis site and the Deshazo site
near Nacogdoches and trained a new generation of Caddo archeologists.
Over a dozen dissertations and theses on Caddo archeology were written
by Story's graduate students, many of whom went on to become Caddo
archeologists themselves. Today Story makes her home in Wimberly,
when she is not traveling to some far corner of the world.

Photographers: Many of the photographs came
from the archives at TARL. Dee Ann Story, Frank Schambach, and Tim
Perttula, each provided numerous photos. The unattributed photos
of artifacts on a black background were taken by Black.

Graphics: Dee Ann Story created many of the
maps and plan drawings. Other maps were drawn by Justin Hays, TBH
Intern, Summer 2003.

Print Sources:

There are no books written for a general audience
on Caddo archeology instead, information on Caddo archeology can
be found in hundreds of articles, technical reports, and academic
books. For a comprehensive bibliography, see: